《The son of witches》 The unseen beginning lake on every side, preventing anything coming in, or going out ,, head can be seen ,, pull it out,, This book is hosted on another platform. Read the official version and support the author''s work. changed , becoming angry on who dared to interrupt him,, but he looks up the man''s face and realizes it''s his brother . saying : your majesty, your lord ,, and a tail,, A Brothers Doubts The king starts running to the birthing room , where his wife and newborn son are. But because of his age and incurable sickness, his body can''t keep up ,, His breath became heavier,and he started to slow down ,, The side stitches also became a problem, as he felt sharp pain in his side,, He also started to feel dizzy and was about to fall down , but luckily he grabbed into a closet and helped himself up. In that moment the ancient doctor ,that followed him from the king''s room ,came,, When he saw the king in such condition, he worriedly rushed to him and asked the king to take deep breaths hold them for a few seconds and release. However the king said i don''t have time for that and he needed to go quickly,, So the ancient doctor grabbed the king, and slowly they went to the birthing room. As soon as they entered the room , the other ancient doctors bowed down to him , and grabbed him a chair to sit on . When the king saw his wife laying in bed , the clean white mattress , were covered in blood , and the spot they had to cut her on even though it was stiched up together to prevent blood loss, the wound was still fresh. The king forgot about his new born child as he was more worried for his wife. He asked the doctors if she is going to be okay?,, One of the doctors said: While the pregnancy was tough as you can see, we managed to save both of them, however the queen needs her rest in order to heal ! The king was relieved and he turned his head towards his child,, One of the doctors got a lukewarm wet towel and started wiping the baby''s body while being gentle and careful,, Since the queen was unconscious , the baby was given to the king,, and the king with a warm smile, carefully holding his son said to him: I can''t wait for your mother to wake up, so that we can give you , your precious name ,, Cut to the throne room, the king''s brother is not there anymore,, He is walking towards the entry gate of the castle ,, The 2 guards guarding the gate ask him if he is going in another patrol?,, And he responds by saying: no just for a walk., And walks past them , he is lost in thoughts , wondering if he has done the right thing?, He remembers when they were younger, and Darian( the king) was the chosen successor to the throne ,, Love this novel? Read it on Royal Road to ensure the author gets credit. Back then he wasn''t jealous of his brother, as he has always been the one who wanted to go hike in the mountains, hunt animals or just do different activities that got him out of the castle. He hated the castle, the way everyone always speaked on how to defend or make the kingdom larger, he hated the way the commoners always talked sweet to him ,, Since he knew the reason why they did that was because of two options : option number 1) they either feared he would have them executed or thrown in jail,, And the second option 2) they wanted to get into his good side, so that they could profit from him ,, trying to get him to marry their daughters, so that they would get into the royal family. The same thing he wanted to get as far away from ! In one of his hunting trips, several guards were sent with him, so that they would insure his safety,, and like always he didn''t like that, but he grabbed his bow and arrows and set out,, As they were walking in the newly fallen snow, he was looking for tracks off the one- horned beast (a large magical beast popular in this area,, with four legs similar to a horse, 1 Horn , being both a herbivore and carnivore). He was looking for hoofprints of that beast, however the beast was mainly active during sundown, so after some journey ,, they set up a camp to rest , drink and eat. They also set up some traps for the beast, and as they were eating,, A man suddenly screamed: I SAW IT! Aurelius( the king''s brother) hurried up and went to him , asking him what he saw,, The man explained he saw the one horned beast eating the meat bait they set out,, Aurelius asked him if the beast was big?, was its horn developed, and what color was it? The man said it was bigger than he imagined and a darker white color matching with the snow and darkness ! Aurelius told the men to bring the live bait out,, A man with his hands chained was brought in the middle of the field, he was a traitor who wanted to make his daughter lay with Aurelius to produce an heir. The man begged for mercy, but Aurelius had already made his mind, he told the guards to not interfere as he would defeat this beast on his own,, And with a knife he cut the traitor''s throat, and the torches went out He lay down , got his bow ready, waiting for the beast to smell the blood,, The place started getting darker and darker, and it was hard to see, however the beast still hadn''t arrived, Aurelius''s patience wore thin thinking the beast got scared,or lost interest. But then it''s footsteps and deep breath could suddenly be heard,, It was the first time Aurelius faced the beast in such darkness and he got a chill ,, but he was ready, he couldn''t see the bait but he knew where it was and he draw his string. What he didn''t realize though is that the beast has a perfect night vision ,,, And before he could realize it the beast was on top of him,, He decided not to move to avoid making it angry , but the beast put one of its front legs,, breaking his elbow,,, he screamed in agony but acted fast and used one of his arrows to penetrate the beast''s leg ,, The injured beast leaped with its front legs, but Aurelius escaped before getting crushed. Since he couldn''t use his bow to shoot , cause of his broken arm, he decided to use his arrows as little spears and threw one ,, Aiming for the eye but the beast''s horn blocked it,, The angry beast rushed forward like a bull and almost killed Aurelius with its horn,, However in that moment Aurelius gained a dark power inside him,,, boosting his whole body, with menacing dark aura coming out of his body,, And his eyes turned red with a catlike eye shape. He grabbed the horn with one hand and used an arrow to slash the beast multiple times: in its eye, ear , mouth, stomach, and for the final he screamed so hard stopping the injured beast with just one hand , and with the other using the arrow to destroy its horn . And the beast finally went down, and Aurelius''s eyes turned normal.As he said: finally it came . Back to the present time,, Aurelius and the hooded men meet,, One of them said : Aurelius are we good to go? Aurelius responded with: you aren''t going anywhere and his red eyes appeared again. The fall of a Demon One of the hooded men removed his cloth.. Revealing a bald headed man , no facial hair ,but some nice royalty black clothes , indicating that he comes from royalty. What do you mean, we aren''t going anywhere?, the man asked Aurelius, You are the one who told us to come and help slain your Brother and his army,, So that you could rise to the top!, Shouted the man angrily . The crowd was silent, the tension between them was high , as Aurelius started to speak.. Yes im the one that wanted this power and control, however i cannot watch my brother die holding his child in his hands, as he dies. For that reason im going to slain you all , before you even reach the gates! The man replied by saying: try and stop us , we are taking this kingdom with or without your help! Aurelius sighed , looking at all of the members as they removed their cloth as well ,preparing for battle. There were 20 of them, normally this wouldn''t even be a problem, since the kingdom has 1000 thousand strong troops, however these 20 men were special. They have the so called'' HUMAN CREATION'' A power that is thought to be given by the High one to help defeat the evil a long time ago. But Aurelius already knew of this, so he decided to act fast, after all he too had a '' creation '' He took a deep breath and quietly said.. HUMAN CREATION//DEMON CONTRACT As the same dark menacing aura that he first managed to control fighting against the one-horned beast , appeared. However now he has mastered it , and the aura has become so strong it produces winds that create waves on the river. The hooded men which are from clan'' the Sealweaver Dynasty '' A powerful clan which specializes in'' SEALING CREATION'' As they start to use their creations to enchant a seal to nullify Aurelius demon''s powers... But for a second they remain speechless, as they see their leader ( the bald guy) ''s head touch the ground. As Aurelius used his swift speed to slash his head in such swiftness, that the hands of the man are still working to enchant a seal without realizing the head is already gone! The other members of the Sealweaver dynasty, are left in a frenzy, with one gulping and sweat coming out of its body , not being able to believe what happened. Another man spoke: Don''t waver, that''s the reason we got into this deal, if we can seal the demon contract, he is gonna a be a regular man. However Aurelius wasn''t gonna let that happen so he rushed to that man trying to kill him as well. One of the men screamed: COMMANDER ELDRICK! However Eldrick grabbed Aurelius''s sword with his bare hands, even though it hurt and the hand started bleeding, If you come across this story on Amazon, it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it. Eldrick didn''t let go and used his other hand to create a seal as a white symbol started forming wherever the fingers touched. When the symbol was near complete, Aurelius had to escape ,but he couldn''t get his sword out, no matter how much he tried to take it out, Eldrick just wasn''t letting go, smiling at Aurelius. He was mad but he couldn''t do anything so he decided to run away without it . When the seal was done, Eldrick dropped the sword, and grabbed the seal with his other hand, expanding it and said: Seal Creation/ Purify Seal ... And threw the seal straight at Aurelius,whom dodged it with ease, but that wasn''t the end as the seal started following him whenever he went . And if that wasn''t enough, the other members also made the same seal and launched it at him. When Aurelius saw all of them, he knew he was in trouble and didn''t knew how to deal with all of them, but in his mind he saw what would happen to the kingdom if he doesn''t stop them there, total destruction and death everywhere... As he also saw a vision on how his brother would die , he got mad and said: im not gonna let that happen! As he changed trajectory and started running towards the seals that were in front of him... Eldrick seeing this , with a confused face told his men to be careful , as he didn''t know what he was going to do. When Aurelius was getting close to the Purify Seal , he dodged at the last second, by moving a bit to the left . He wasn''t done yet as he escaped from all of them without breaking a sweat or being tired, and he appeared in front of one of the men ... DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD KILL ME THAT EASILY?, Said Aurelius and punched the man so hard, the fist went inside and came out of the man''s face. A huge shockwave and dark aura came from it , as Aurelius got his hand out and escaped before the Purify Seal reached him. Eldrick was mad that another man of his army was killed, so he told his men to distract and chase him until he creates a powerful seal. Aurelius wasn''t gonna make this easy as he got close to another man As he saw Aurelius close to him , the man got scared and pulled his sword out and tried to slash Aurelius, who grabbed the sword with ease and killed the man using his own sword in his own hands. One of the men gasped for air, he couldn''t see the brutality of Aurelius'' way . Damn there is no end to them , said Aurelius as he continued running and dodging, then he returned his attention to Elrick ... Who was still preparing for the seal , That can''t be good, thought Aurelius as he appeared behind one of the soldiers and snatched his neck off his body. As the other soldiers overwhelmed by his speed only watched as blood poured on him , making his already demonic expression,especially with his red eyes , and now the rest of his face was covered in blood. Aurelius decided it''s time to kill Elrick before he creates that powerful seal . As his red eyes focused on Elrick, just like a hunter setting his gaze upon a prey. One of the soldiers screamed: ELRICK , BE CAREFUL ! Elrick calmly , with a smile said : let him come, Elrick THE BINDER, will make him meet god! As Aurelius started hopping and running from one side to the other, making it difficult for Elrick to know where the attack was gonna come from, but Elrick was unfazed and only focused on finishing the seal. As Aurelius reached his destination, that being Elrick''s head... Elrick moved his head away in the last second, but the sharp sword and the speed of the attack, were enough to cut his left arm clean off. As in that moment Elrick felt an intense burning pain, such as his whole body was on fire ... As blood started to spill out everywhere and he felt lightheaded and was about to fall. This all happened in mere seconds, but as the hand fell in the ground, Elrick remembered what he came here for ! , he remembered his mission! And he woke up from the frenzy! Even though his entire body was hurting, and he was almost unconscious ... But even with all that pain he still stayed up and, grabbed the finished seal and said : SEAL CREATION/ INFERNAL BANE As the seal surrounded Aurelius''s body , and it started to get tighter and tighter... FUCKKKKKK , screamed Aurelius as the seal covered his entire body and started getting tighter . His whole body was shaking uncontrollably and he was in extreme pain, due to the seal killing him and his demon that he got a contract with. As blood started to spill out of his mouth, he knew he couldn''t escape, so in his mind he thought of his brother and the kingdom,and his son who was born 3 months ago . While he was sad and mad that he couldn''t save his brother, nor the humans of the kingdom , he at least knew that his son was safe away from harm . His final words being im sorry Brother, im sorry everyone if it wasn''t for my greed, you all would be safe ... im sorry. Elrick also fell into the ground, holding his hand,preventing blood coming out . One of his men said let me tie a cloth over it to prevent more blood coming out Another men said let''s go home for today, we can secure the kingdom another time with more men . But Elrick said : NO , he used a simple seal to seal his to prevent more blood loss and pain. While looking at Aurelius''s dead body, he acknowledged his speed, but said he was a fool to switch sides. He then told his people to bury the dead men and then go finish what they started! Inside the kingdom , in the garden, close to the blood demonic fountain , the king holding his newborn son , and some other men stand. One of the men said its time ! Due to the queen''s condition , we must continue without her . The ritual begins As Eldrick and the other soldiers buried the bodies, they started walking toward the kingdom. But there was a problem¡ªthe kingdom was surrounded by the Nyxglow River, which covered the entire area, making it difficult to enter without a boat. One of the men, feeling uncomfortable, started sighing. "We''re not really going to swim all the way to the kingdom, right? I mean, by the time we get there, we''ll probably be so exhausted they could kill us with ease!" Another man responded, "Stop complaining. We know you hate swimming¡­ but how will you swim all the way to shore, Elrick? Especially with just one hand." Elrick smirked. "Nah, don''t worry. None of us have to swim. Apparently, they dug a tunnel that connects the kingdom to this side." "Wow, that''s actually a smart idea," said one of the men. "I don''t know how I didn''t think of that earlier. By the way, how do you know this, boss? Did Aurelius tell you?" "Yes, he did," said Elrick as they started walking toward the hidden entrance. The man hesitated before speaking again. "Shouldn''t we have begged him a bit more to join our forces instead of trying to kill him right away, boss? After all, he definitely would have helped in killing Darian, the king." "From what I''ve heard, the king is insanely powerful¡ªapparently, he has bonded with a strong demon," another man added. "And not just the king¡ªtwo more members of the royal family possess ''Creation'' in the castle! Do we really plan to kill them all? Plus, even though the soldiers may not have Creations, there are a lot of them." Elrick looked both angry and bored with all the talking before suddenly screaming. "ENOUGH!" he shouted, then mocked the man with a slow, mocking tone. "That and that and the king and that¡­ He changed his mind!" "Elrick shook his head. "The moment he appeared before us, I knew Aurelius had changed his mind. And there was nobody who could have convinced him to help us out!" "As for the king¡­ well, the king is sick, and his demonic powers will be sealed. But I''m sure he won''t go down without a fight¡­" he grinned, "but neither will I." They found the entrance, and Elrick gathered the men to give them a final speech. Love this novel? Read it on Royal Road to ensure the author gets credit. "Listen up!" said Elrick. "We''re about to enter the tunnel. We have no idea where the tunnel''s exit will be. For all we know, we could be walking straight into an ambush. That''s why we must begin the seal right now!" One by one, they entered the tunnel and started creating an Infinity Lock Seal¡ªa powerful seal that took a long time to complete, but the rewards were worth it. In the castle, the queen had woken up. Just by looking at her face, it was clear she was exhausted. Her messy hair clung to her pale skin, her eyes barely open. Her body, once strong, had weakened¡ªshe had lost weight in just a short time. She looked at the wound where they had cut her. It was covered in bandages¡­ As she was about to get up, one of the maids entered the room. "Where are you going, my queen?" The maid hurried over, gently taking her hand. "I must go!" the queen said. "Has the ceremony started?" The maid nodded. "Yes, it started fifteen minutes ago. The king thought you wouldn''t wake up." "Yeah, I figured¡­" the queen muttered, struggling to stand. "But I must go. I want to see which powerful demon he will extract. I wouldn''t be surprised if he manages to get the Demon King himself." The maid''s eyes widened. "Hopefully, he will, my queen. If that happens, the entire world will bow to our kingdom!" With the maid''s help, the queen slowly made her way toward the garden, where the king and the newborn prince were. Meanwhile, in the tunnel, after several minutes of running, they finally reached the end. Elrick''s eyes gleamed as he saw daylight. "MEN!" he screamed. "Do your worst!" One by one, they jumped out, the last remaining being Elrick. He scratched his bald head, cracked his neck, and with a simple swoosh, leaped out. They expected resistance the moment they emerged¡ªyet no one was there. "Huh? Where are they?" one of the men muttered in confusion. Elrick smirked. "Oh well. This actually works in our favor. Ready the final seal!" Just as they were about to activate it, a man came running down the street. His face was pale with fear, his breathing heavy as he panted, sweat dripping down his forehead. When he saw Elrick and the men, he mistook them for kingdom soldiers. The man hesitated for a moment¡ªsomething about them looked different. But in his desperation, he ignored the feeling and ran straight to Elrick. "P-please!" the man stammered, his voice trembling. Elrick frowned. "What''s wrong?" The man grabbed Elrick''s arm, his grip weak and desperate. "Help me please " Elrick''s expression changed . "Yeah I''ll help you don''t worry ." The man''s eyes widened as Elrick''s grip tightened around his throat. He struggled, his hands clawing at Elrick''s arm, his legs kicking as he gasped for breath. SNAP! His body went limp. Elrick dropped him like trash. "Set the seal!" he ordered as the man''s corpse hit the ground. SEAL CREATION: INFINITY LOCK! All of their Creations surged upward, forming a massive glowing circle that enclosed the entire kingdom. Inside the castle, the people of the kingdom were celebrating, going about their daily activities¡ªuntil they noticed the red lights forming in the sky. In the demonic fountain, where rituals were performed, one of the priests approached the king. "Your Majesty, we are ready for the ceremony." The king extended his hands, preparing to give the baby to the priest. At that moment, the queen arrived. "Wait, my love," she said softly. "Let me see him first." The king gently placed the baby in her arms. Tears welled in her eyes as she gazed at her beautiful boy, overcome with joy. Then, together with her husband, she handed the child to the priest. And the priest began the ritual!